The All-Powerful True Daughter Returns, Only to Find Her Family Living in a Doghouse

Xia Zhuozhuo is the hidden ruler of Kyoto’s black market, known as the head of the Dark Division. Despite her immense power and authority underground, she maintains a low profile and recently returns to her rural hometown of Jinxiang under the pretense of visiting her foster mother, Liu Yueru, who is allegedly gravely ill. Upon arrival, she discovers that Liu Yueru’s condition is a minor cold and that her foster brother, Jiang Ze, has been deceiving her. Betrayed by the family that raised her, Xia Zhuozhuo is drugged and kidnapped by human traffickers who intend to sell her for thirty thousand yuan. While bound in a woodshed, she overpowers her captors using her superior combat skills, burns the trafficking ring’s hideout, and sets out to exact revenge on the Jiang family for their treachery.

Before she can reach the Jiang residence, Xia Zhuozhuo is intercepted by a young man named Xia Liu, who claims to be her long-lost sixth brother. He presents a fish-shaped jade pendant that matches the one Xia Zhuozhuo has worn since childhood. Skeptical but intrigued, she subjects him to a DNA test through her subordinates, which confirms their sibling relationship. Xia Zhuozhuo learns that she was not abandoned by her biological parents but was separated from them during a crowded New Year’s Eve celebration twenty years ago. Her father, Xia Yunhai, is the wealthiest man in Hucheng, and her mother, Madam Xia, has spent two decades searching for her. Xia Zhuozhuo agrees to return to the Xia family estate, primarily to secure a legitimate identity in Hucheng to facilitate the relocation of her Dark Division headquarters, which has been suffering heavy losses in Kyoto.

Upon arriving at the Xia mansion, Xia Zhuozhuo finds the family in crisis. Her father and two eldest brothers have been arrested in a financial scandal, and the family corporation is on the verge of collapse. Tensions are high, and the household staff is being dismissed. The family’s adopted daughter, Xia Liuli, is revealed to be a manipulative opportunist who has severed ties with the Xia family to marry into the powerful Du family, prioritizing her social climb over familial loyalty. When Madam Xia faints from anger and stress, Xia Zhuozhuo demonstrates her mastery of traditional Chinese medicine, stabilizing her mother’s condition with acupuncture. This act earns her a measure of trust, though her fifth brother, Xia Huaiwu, remains hostile and suspicious of her, favoring Xia Liuli instead.

Xia Zhuozhuo’s return coincides with the arrival of Si Shenxing, the new head of the Si Group, who is also in Hucheng for business. Si Shenxing is secretly searching for a woman who saved him from a drugged encounter a year prior, an incident orchestrated by his rival Si Jinyan. Meanwhile, Xia Zhuozhuo encounters Du Xinyue, the fiancée of Jiang Ze, at a herbal shop. Du Xinyue attempts to humiliate her, but Xia Zhuozhuo easily repels her bodyguards and secures the rare herbs she needs. The narrative threads begin to intertwine as Xia Zhuozhuo navigates the treacherous politics of Hucheng’s elite families, dealing with the ungrateful Jiang Ze, the deceitful Xia Liuli, and the powerful Du family, all while preparing to reclaim her family’s honor and protect her new mother.

The story establishes a complex web of revenge, familial duty, and hidden identities. Xia Zhuozhuo must balance her cold, ruthless nature as a crime lord with her emerging role as a daughter and sister. She faces the challenge of restoring the Xia family’s fallen status while uncovering the true forces behind her father’s arrest. Simultaneously, her path crosses with Si Shenxing, whose search for his savior may intersect with her own mission. The narrative sets the stage for a dramatic confrontation with the Du family and the internal betrayal within the Xia household, as Xia Zhuozhuo prepares to use her resources and martial prowess to turn the tide against her enemies.